Imagine that everything is burning. You have lost all of your belongings. Your dependency on the events and on the charity of others is absolute: it is a question of life or death. This was the case of the Christian Hurons fleeing from the Georgian Bay to Quebec at the time of the Iroquois attack in 1650. Almost 300 Hurons established their camp near Quebec's first inhabitants and benefited from an unconditional welcome from the Hospitallers, Jesuits and Ursulines communities who provided them with food and clothing.